Paulin46
10-29-2006, 06:40 PM
Popeye's Special
as prepared at Dr. Gabe Mirkin's Fat Free Clinic
Can you tell that I love lentils? Here they take on my favorite Italian seasonings plus tomatoes and spinach.
1 cup lentils
6 cups stock
2 onions, chopped, 4 cloves garlic, minced ' pinch cayenne, or to taste 1/2 t. oregano 2 bay leaves
1/2 cup bulghar
1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley
1 28-oz. can plum tomatoes, chopped lib. spinach, torn in pieces
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Bring the lentils and bouillon to a boil in a large pot and cook 20 minutes, or until they are just barely tender. Add the onions, garlic, seasonings, bulghar, parsley and tomatoes and simmer 20-30 minutes, or until the bulghar is tender. Remove the bay leaves. Put the spinach on top of the soup, cover the pot. and simmer just until spinach wilts, about 2 minutes, and add ground pepper to taste.
6-8 servings
as prepared at Dr. Gabe Mirkin's Fat Free Clinic
Can you tell that I love lentils? Here they take on my favorite Italian seasonings plus tomatoes and spinach.
1 cup lentils
6 cups stock
2 onions, chopped, 4 cloves garlic, minced ' pinch cayenne, or to taste 1/2 t. oregano 2 bay leaves
1/2 cup bulghar
1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley
1 28-oz. can plum tomatoes, chopped lib. spinach, torn in pieces
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Bring the lentils and bouillon to a boil in a large pot and cook 20 minutes, or until they are just barely tender. Add the onions, garlic, seasonings, bulghar, parsley and tomatoes and simmer 20-30 minutes, or until the bulghar is tender. Remove the bay leaves. Put the spinach on top of the soup, cover the pot. and simmer just until spinach wilts, about 2 minutes, and add ground pepper to taste.
6-8 servings